Furuno 1715 - Manual (Page 15)

1. OPERATION
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1.11 Measuring the Bearing
The bearing to a target can be measured with
the cursor and the EBL (Electronic Bearing
Line).
Measuring bearing with the cursor
Operate the cursor pad to place the cursor on
the center of the target. Read the bearing to
the target at the bottom right corner.
Measuring bearing with the EBL
1. Press the [EBL] key to show the EBL. The
message “Place EBL by cursor” appears
and “EBL” in the EBL/VRM box is
displayed in reverse video. The message
is automatically erased after 10 seconds,
or you may erase it sooner by pressing
any key.
2. Operate the cursor pad to bisect the
target with the EBL.
3. Check the EBL readout at the bottom left
corner on the screen to find the bearing to
the target.
To anchor the EBL, press the [EBL] key. (It is
automatically anchored if there is no key
operation for about 10 seconds.) To erase the
EBL, press the [MENU/ESC] key.
6 nm
2
EBL
bearing RNG 2.229nm
BRG 45.6
°
TTG 00H28M
Range, bearing
and time-to-go
to cursor
location
Target
EBL
Cursor
EBL 45.6 °
VRM - - - - nm
How to measure bearing by
the EBL and cursor
1.12 Shifting the Display
Own ship position, or sweep origin, can be
displaced manually or automatically to
expand the view field without switching to a
longer range. The default shift method is
manual and the maximum shift is 60% of
range.
If shift is activated when nav data is displayed,
the nav data is automatically erased.
1. Use the cursor pad to place the cursor
where you want to shift own ship position.
2. Press the [MODE] key to show the
Display Mode menu.
DISPLAY MODE
[MENU/ESC] : Exit.
SHIFT (MANUAL)*
NORMAL
ZOOM
NAV DISP OFF ON
Display mode menu
*: If SHIFT (AUTO) is shown, open the
System menu and set SHIFT MODE to
MANUAL. For further details, see SHIFT
MODE on page 17.
3. Press ▲ to choose SHIFT (MANUAL).
4. Press the [MENU/ESC] key to close the
menu.
Select where to shift Shifted display
with the cursor.
Choose
manual
SHIFT
mode.
How the manual shift works
To cancel the shifted display, open the
Display Mode menu, set SHIFT to NORMAL
and then press the [MENU/ESC] key.